Prom 47: Britten - War Requiem
A Prom featuring a performance of Britten's War Requiem, with Andris Nelsons conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Afternoon on 3 with Penny Gore
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons recorded last month at the 大象传媒 Proms in Benjamin Britten's great musical protest at 'the pity of War' - his heartfelt and passionate War Requiem.
Presented by Suzy Klein at the Royal Albert Hall, London
Britten: War Requiem
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Hanno M眉ller-Brachmann (baritone)
大象传媒 Proms Youth Choir
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons (conductor)
Marking the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1, a Proms performance of the greatest musical piece of anti-war polemic ever composed. Britten's magisterial oratorio was first heard in 1962, performed in a Coventry Cathedral newly-opened after its medieval predecessor had been destroyed by the bombs of WW2. Subtly interleaving the Latin text of the Requiem Mass with the war poems of Wilfred Owen, the 'War Requiem' stands both as one of Britten's most passionate and heartfelt works and a devastating portrayal of what Owen called 'the pity of War'.
First broadcast 21st August 2014.
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Music Played
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
The Water Goblin [Vodnik] (Op.107)
Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.- Dvorak; Symphonic Poems; Mackerras.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No 1 in F Sharp Minor Op1
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No 1 in F Sharp Minor
Broadcast
- Tue 2 Sep 2014 14:00大象传媒 Radio 3